Payment
['peɪm(ə)nt] or ['pemənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of paying money.
(noun.) a sum of money paid or a claim discharged.
錄入:赖安--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.
(n.) That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return.
(n.) Punishment; chastisement.
亚历克斯編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
[See PAY]
乔斯林編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Payment stopped at the Bank? 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It's some time since I was articled, but the payment of that hundred pounds was a great pull. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It was really a letter insisting on the payment of a bill for furniture. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Regarded from this point of view Mr Pancks's puffings expressed injury and impatience, and each of his louder snorts became a demand for payment. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The farmers of the public revenue never find the laws too severe, which punish any attempt to evade the payment of a tax. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In the payment of such a note, gold would appear to be more invariable in its value than silver. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Shirley flashed him back full payment for his spying gaze. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The price of the goods rises, and the final payment of the tax falls upon the consumer. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Why should I slink away without having carried out my commission, and without the payment which was my due? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The first two modes of payment are intelligible enough, but what the penalty is I do not understand, or how a penalty can be a payment. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- But the payment of duties laid by an act of Parliament as regulations of commerce was never disputed. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The advertisement promised payment according to the valuation, in case any wagons or horses should be lost. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Apart from this imperial right-of-way and the payment of tribute, the local governments possessed a very considerable amount of local freedom. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The term of payment was due at the Passover. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- We both recommended a small sum in money, and the payment, without stipulation to Mr. Micawber, of the Uriah claims as they came in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Royalty payments must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax returns. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I sat there for another hour or more, finishing my books and payments and getting through plenty of business. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Donations are accepted in a number of other ways including including checks, online payments and credit card donations. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Such payments, therefore, only put into one coffer what had the moment before been taken out of another. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It is not because they are poor that their payments are irregular and uncertain, but because they are too eager to become excessively rich. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But imagine his dismay when the South Carolina Legislature suddenly annulled its contract with him, refused to make any further payments, and began suit to recover what had already been paid him. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- He had this year received twenty-six admission payments of twenty-five guineas each, which he did not bring to account. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- They seem to have been called customs, as denoting customary payments, which had been in use for time immemorial. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Cornelius might be a broker, but we have found no scrip to correspond with these large payments. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
整理:斯特拉